How did Graham Birchwood hire the hitman?

Sharon was strangled and left on her bed "cruelly trussed-up" with parcel tape and electrical cord, the Old Bailey heard.

Cryne left few clues and flew back to Bangkok three hours after the killing.

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The judge said: "You allowed yourself to become an instrument of his betrayal of her. You were in this together – he as the organiser and you as the hired killer."

Detective Chief Inspector Maria Woodall said: "Birchwood made the callous decision that his ex-wife must die and then set about a ruthless plot which he hoped would distance himself from this evil crime.